Hey hey, everyone, whats going on. Things are on a roll again and I am feeling good! It has only been one full week since I have started training again in the gym but man I am feeling like 09' is going to be a good year.
Well, I told you all that I might be hitting the stage soon. After some long deliberation with my nutritionist (Hany Rambod) we have decided that rushing back onto the stage would be a bad career move and wouldn't allow me to be my best. Over the course of my career I have had a pretty good track record of coming back each season better and better and its just too soon. We were thinking of hitting the IronMan Pro show but I told Hany that I had a goal of winning a show this year and I don't think its time....yet.
Hany's main training philosophy is the FST-7 principle which is based on stretching the muscle fascia for more muscle growth. To learn more about the program pick up this months MuscleMag International (I think Johnnie Jackson is on the cover). Anyhow, I started fitting this principle into my workout program this week and I can't tell you guys how sore I am. I'll give you a small example of what I mean. The day after training legs I was sitting around watching TV. I would have to get up to get something but it was like I was getting myself ready for a big set. I couldn't even get up off the couch....to get up, there was a minute of contemplation, then psyching myself up, and finally slowly get up....it was ridiculous and I have a feeling its going to be like that all year. So be it, if that's what it takes to win then it must be done.
Since I am not doing the IronMan I have started eating again. I haven't received my offseason program yet so I have been working on my old offseason program. My weight hasn't really changed but my muscles feel more full again and I look different so I know things are falling into place. Lately I have been eating a lot of ground turkey and ground steak. I was never a fan of turkey but ground up its much easier to cook and eat so its fast becoming a staple in my offseason diet.
On the business end, things really are starting to pick up. My online nutritional business Platinum Nutrition seems to really be taking off. I have many more clients this year and people seem to really be happy with their programs. I enjoy helping people get to where they want to be and when they are serious and don't cheat its very rewarding for me.
The DVD I have been working on is coming along nicely I have finally received my rough copy of the final product from the editor. After watching I decided that you all deserve some nutritional advice so I am going to add a section of cooking and show you all what I eat on the average day in the offseason. It might take a little longer to finish but I know you will all like it more with the added info.
I don't know how many of you all are car nuts but if you have been reading along at all you guys know my car is my baby. Well it looks like the time is near and I am going to have to store her for the winter. Its kind of depressing me but I think its best and it doesn't really make too much sense to be driving around a Mustang in the winter so away she goes. In its place I think I am getting a Jeep Cherokee, not the coolest car but its a 4X4 and since I am like a little kid I'm sure I'll have some off-roading pics for you all to laugh at. Knowing my luck they will be pics of me stuck in the mud or something along those lines.
Okay, that's about it for now. I have to ice my elbows, after that FST-7 training on my triceps I feel like my elbow is blown out. Don't worry its not the program, I had bad elbows to begin with. That's what you have to do when you get to this level, train with the pain because there is no time to waste....
Sacrifice Without Regret,
Fouad 'Hoss' Abiad
